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G. G. MOORE.

ELASTIC FABRIG.

. Patnted Jan. 8, 1884.

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GEORGE G. MOORE, OF EAST HAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

ELASTIC FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,527, dated January 8, 1884:.

Application filed February 10, 1983. (No model.) i I To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. Moonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Hampton, county of Hampshire, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Elastic Fabric, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The object of my invention is the produc tion of a strong and durable elastic fabric the face and back of which will be of different unmixed colors, the rubber threads of the fabric being strongly bound by the fibrous threads by being made part of a ply which is between two other plies. Thus the rubber threads will be prevented from appearing on either surface of the fabric, even after the same has been exposed to considerable wear, and by being always well protected from the weather great durability of the fabric will be insured.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a diagram showing on an enlarged scale a longitudinal section of a plain fabric embodying my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are views, similar to Fig. 1, of fabrics having twilled faces made according to my invention.

It will be observed that my fabric in the different forms shown consists of face warps A, back warps, B, and rubber warps O, interwoven by a face weft, a, a back weft, b, and a central weft, c, this arrangement of the threads resulting in a three-ply fabric, the rubber threads constituting a part of the central ply. A portion or all of the face warps, according to the appearance which it is desired to give to the face of the fabric, are passed below or to the back of the central weft,while the back warps pass above or to the face side of the said central weft, thereby firmly binding the three plies together. Thus it will be apparent that all of the surface warps which are interwoven by the central weft serve as binders to secure the outer plies to the central ply, and by their frictional contact with the rubber warps at short intervals they will insure an even stretching of the said rubber warps when the fabric is distended, thus effectually preventing that slipping of the rubber threads relative to the fibrous threads incidental to some elastic fabrics, causing them to become puckered and uneven, and consequently of little value. As an additional safeguard against any slipping of the rubber threads when the fabric is stretched, they are changed or alternated with the central-weft thread, thus forming a partof the chute through which said thread is passed by its shuttle.

In-Fig. 1 those of the face warps, A,which are indicated by broken lines are interwoven by the face weft, a, only. while those of the face warps, A,which are indicated by full lines are interwoven by the face wefts, a, and central wefts, c. This arrangement of the warps results in a plain terry faced fabric, and by omitting those of the face warps,A,which are indicated by broken lines a plain goring, with figures alike on both sides of the fabric,will be produced. To produce a twill it will only be necessary to float the face warps, A,0ver two or more chutes of the face weft a, passing said warps below or to the back of the central weft, c, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In such case it will be obvious that all of the face warps serve also as binders. I do not therefore wish to be understood as limiting my invention to any particular number or arrangement of the face warps, as the numbers and relations of these warps will be changed with the character of the face of the fabric beingproduced without disturbing the relation of the rubber and back warps or changing the characteristic features of my fabric, which, however its face may be changed, will always consist of three plies strongly bound together and to the central ply, which contains the rubber warps. Moreover, as the threads appearing on one surface of the fabric never pass to the opposite surface, unmixed surfaces of different colors may always be produced. Thus, in the fabrics represented, if-the face warps, A, and the face wefts, a, are black and the back warps. B. and the back wefts, b, are white, all of these fabrics will have pure or unmixed black faces and pure or unmixed white backs.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The herein-described elastic fabric, consisting of face warps. back warps, and rubber warps, and face, back, and central wefts, all

arranged to form three plies, the outer plies I color to theface and back warps, respectively, 10 being bound to the central ply, which con- I rubber warps, and-a central weft, the latter tains the rubber warps, by face warpsextend- 1 being interwoven with said rubber warps and ing between the back and central wefts, and the face and back warps, substantially as de-.

5 back warps extending between the face and scribed.

central-wefts, substantially as described. GEO. C. MOORE.

2. The herein-described elastic fabric, coni Vitnesses: sisting of face and back warps of different i H. H. TREWORGY, colors, face and back wefts corresponding in l H. K. HAWES. 

